Details for: PI 541345, Pyrus communis L., 'Mericourt'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Mericourt'

Origin:

Developed – Tennessee, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

01 Feb 1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Mericourt'

Origin:

Developed – Tennessee, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

01 Feb 1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1966.
Tennessee, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1966
Developer(s):

Drain, Brooks D.

Donated

01 February 1983.
West Virginia, United States
Comment: Received from Tennessee to Kearneysville, West Virginia to NCGR-Corvallis.
Donor(s):

Bell, Richard L., USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Mericourt'

Type: Cultivar name

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

CPYR 1120

Type: Other or unclassified name

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Mericourt (PI 541345). Originated in Clarksville, Tennessee, by Tennessee Agriculture Experiment Station. Introduced in 1966. Seckel x Late Faulkner. Late Faulkner is a chance seedling with fruit characteristics similar to those of Keiffer. Cross made in 1938; first fruited in 1947; tested as Tenn, 38S63. Fruit: 2 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches in diam.; short pyriform, necked; skin green or greenish-yellow, occasionally blushed with dark red, dull, waxy in texture, smooth; dots small and brownish; fles creamy-white, buttery, almost completely lacking in stone cells, abundantly juicy, flavor sprightly subacid, sweet, quality excellent; stem short, 3/4 inch long, moderately thick, well attached in deep, abrupt basin; basin cavity shallow, acute and medium-broad; core very small; calyx open and medium; ripens 25 Aug.-9 Sept. at Highland Rim Experiment Station., Springfield, Tennessee; recommended for fresh dessert and canning; when canned tends to soften at edges of slices. Tree: vigorous; hardy, withstanding temperatures from a low of -23F to 70s during month of January and -7F to above 75F during February; tolerant to fire blight and leaf spot. -- Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties.

A Seckel-Late Faulkner cross made in 1938 at the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station. A short, pyriform pear of medium size, green to greenish yellow skin blushed with dark red. the flesh is reported to be creamy white, buttery, with an excellent sweet, subacid, sprightly flavor. -- Robert Nitschke, Southmeadow Fruit Gardens Catalog, 1976.

Pyrus communis L.

Genus:

Pyrus

Section:

Pyrus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

30474

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:479, 2:1200. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358498

Comment:

probably of hybrid origin

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

07/07/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Pyrus communis L. subsp. caucasica (Fed.) Browicz (77 active accession[s])
Pyrus communis L. subsp. communis (39 active accession[s])
Pyrus communis L. subsp. pyraster (L.) Ehrh. (113 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pyrus asiae-mediae (Popov) Maleev
Pyrus balansae Decne.
Pyrus bourgaeana Decne.
Pyrus communis L. subsp. bourgaeana (Decne.) Nyman
Pyrus communis L. var. mariana Willk.
Pyrus domestica Medik.
Pyrus elata Rubtzov
Pyrus medvedevii Rubtzov

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	pear		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	poirier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Birnbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Birne		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Birnenbaum		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Italian	pera		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian	pero		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji	seiyō-nashi		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	pereira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pera		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	peral		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	päron		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xi yang li	as Pyrus communis var. sativa	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Pyrus communis var. sativa
Transcribed Korean	byeongbaenamu		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:122.

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 31 Jul 1989, from Pyrus communis L. var. pyraster L. to Pyrus communis L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	PLOIDY LEVEL	Number of sets of chromosomes.	2x - diploid	PYRUS.PLOIDY.2013	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	1 - NO DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	3 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCAB	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	LEAF_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY LEAF SCAB	1 - NO DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
DISEASE	PSEUDOMONAS	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY PSEUDOMONAS	5 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
DISEASE	RUST	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY RUST	1 - NO DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
INSECT	BLISTER_MITES	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY BLISTER MITES	1 - NO DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
INSECT	BLISTER_MITES	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY BLISTER MITES	3 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (TC)6A(CT)20 F: 5ATTGGAACTCTCCGTATTGTGC3 R: 5ATCAACAGTAGTGGTAGCCGGT3	91:95	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CT)17 F: 5GTTCTATCTACCAAGCCACGCT3 R: 5CGTTTGTGTGTTTTACGTGTTG3	116:116	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (AG)7 F: 5TCCCGCCATTTCTCTGC3 R: 5GTTTAAACCGCTGCTGCTGAAC3	125:127	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (AC)13 F: 5GCGATTAAAGATCAATAAACCCATA3 R: 5AAGCAGCTGGTTGGTGAAAT3	153:159	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CA)6TT(CT)21 F: 5GCCCAGAAGCAATAAGTAAACC3 R: 5ATTGCTCCATGCATAAAGGG3	127:127	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GA)19 F: 5CAAGGAAATCATCAAAGATTCAAG3 R: 5CAAGTGGCTTCGGATAGTTG3	120:120	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GA)21 F: 5GCCATCTGAACAGAATGTGC3 R: 5GTTTCCCTTCATTCACATTTCCAG3	141:157	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CT)25 F: 5CGGCGGAAAGCAATCACCT3 R: 5GTTTGCCAGCCCTCTATGGTTCTCAGA3	159:159	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GA)22 F: 5TTGAAGATGTTTGGCTGTGC3 R: 5TGCATGTCTGTCTCCTCCAT3	181:205	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CT)19 F: 5CCCTACACAGTTTCTCAACCC3 R: 5CGTTTTTGGAGCGTAGGAAC3	185:209	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (TC)12 F: 5AATAAGCATTCAAAGCAATCCG3 R: 5TTTTTCCAAATCGAGTTTCGTT3	248:264	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GA)11 F: 5CTCCGCCGCTATAACACTTC3 R: 5GTTTACTCTGGAGGGTATGTCAAAG3	246:284	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (ACG)6 F: 5CATTAATACGCTGCTGTTTCTGC3 R: 5GTTCTTACTTGAATTGGGGTAGGGATTGT3	190:199	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (ACC)6 F: 5ACTCTCCGCAAAACAATGTCGTA3 R: 5GTTCTTTGTGAGAGTTTGAGGAGGAGAGC3	144:150	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CCACCG)2(CCA)4 F: 5TTCACTGCCCTTTTTACGTATGC3 R: 5GTTCTTCCCCGACAATCTGTAGAGAATCA3	170:170	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GATCAT)3 F: 5ATCCCAGCATTTCCCAAGATTTT3 R: 5CCGTCCGTGATACCTCTGTC3	292:298	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (TTC)5 F: 5GGTCATCACCCACTTAAAAACCA3 R: 5GTTCTTGTGCCCTGAAGTAATTGAGATGG3	143:156	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CCA)5, (CCT)5 F: 5GCTACCACAACAAGCTCAACAG3 R: 5GTTTATGTCATCCTGCTGATGTCC3	363:379	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GTG)6 F: 5CGTTCCGATGAAGTGAAAGAG3 R: 5GTTTCCTGAAACTTGCCAATTGAAAC3	338:338	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CAGCT)5 F: 5CCCTACAGAGTCATGCATCC3 R: 5GTTTGATGCTGGAGACGAGAAA3	107:107	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 1120 .001 PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PEDICEL_ATTACHMENT	PEDICEL ATTACHMENT	U - SUNKEN	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CAVITY	CAVITY	AS - ACUTE SHALLOW	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CALYX	CALYX	P - PERSISTANT	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CALYX_BASIN	CALYX BASIN	OS - OBTUSE SHALLOW	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GROUND_COLOR	GROUND COLOR	Y - YELLOW	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	OVER_COLOR	OVERCOLOR	N - NONE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	RUSSET	AMOUNT OF RUSSETING	1 - NONE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LENTICELS	NUMBER OF LENTICELS	7 - (1 = FEW, 9 = MANY)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LENTICEL_SIZE	SIZE OF LENTICELS	3 - (1 = SMALL, 9 = LARGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	DOTS	DOTS	C - CONSPICUOUS	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH_COLOR	FLESH COLOR	W - WHITE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH_TEXTURE	FLESH TEXTURE	6 - (1 = FINE, 9 = COARSE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TEXTURE_TYPE	FLESH TEXTURE TYPE	C - CRISP	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TEXTURE_TYPE	FLESH TEXTURE TYPE	J - JUICY	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUITCORE	CORE	D - DISTANT	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CARPEL_NUMBER	NUMBER OF CARPELS	5	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GRIT	NUMBER OF STONE CELLS	3 - (1 = NO STONE CELLS, 9 = MANY STONE CELLS)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GRIT_SIZE	SIZE AND LOCATION OF STONE CELLS	M - MEDIUM	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CORE_BREAKDOWN	DEGREE OF CORE BREAKDOWN, DETERMINED ON TREE RIPENED FRUIT	1 - NONE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	OXIDATION	OXIDATION OF CUT MEASURED AFTER 5 MINUTES	1 - NONE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLAVOR	FLAVOR OF FRUIT FLESH	R - AROMATIC	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLAVOR	FLAVOR OF FRUIT FLESH	S - SWEET	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	QUALITY	QUALITY OF FRUIT FLESH A COMBINATION OF FLAVOR, TEXTURE AND AROMA	7 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	2 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	3 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	3 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	8 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	100	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	87	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1986		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	93	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	96	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	100	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	104	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	108	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	97	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	98	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	104	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	105	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	111	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	114	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	117	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_RIPE	JULIAN DATE OF FULL RIPE FRUIT	254	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_RIPE	JULIAN DATE OF FULL RIPE FRUIT	297	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PRODUCTION	YIELD	YIELD (PRODUCTIVITY)	3 - LOW	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available